Nghe An aims to "cover" health insurance for students
Health insurance in general and Health insurance for students in particular is one of the important social security policies of the Party and the State, with profound humanity and humanity. In Nghe An, health insurance for students has always received the attention and timely direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels, and effective coordination of all levels and sectors. The number of students participating in and benefiting from health insurance policies has been constantly increasing over the years. Thereby, it has made an important contribution to taking care of the health of students - the future owners of the country, and at the same time, moving towards the goal of universal health insurance.
Humane and superior policy
In the 2023-2024 school year, the whole province has 712,157 students participating in health insurance, reaching a rate of 98.70%, an increase of 0.75% compared to the previous school year. Of which, 3 units have maintained a rate of 100% of students participating in health insurance for 2 consecutive school years.health insuranceis Que Phong, Nam Dan, Thai Hoa Town. Many schools with the majority of students being children of parishioners have achieved a rate of 100% of students participating in health insurance, typically Hoang Ta Thon Secondary School, Khanh Thanh Secondary School, Nam Thanh Secondary School (Yen Thanh); Nghi Xa Primary School, Nghi Hoa Primary School (Nghi Loc)...
In the 2023-2024 school year, the Social Insurance agency allocated 29.6 billion VND for primary health care for schools in the province. Schools have effectively managed and used primary health care funds. Although the Law on Health Insurance does not have detailed regulations for preventive medicine, students have indirectly enjoyed these benefits throughprimary health careat school. This is one of the outstanding humane points of the health insurance policy for the future owners of the country.
In addition to the right to primary health care at schools, when sick or ill, students are guaranteed the right to medical examination and treatment at medical facilities. In the 2023-2024 school year, the whole province had 366,478 students go to medical facilities for examination and treatment, with the total amount paid by the Health Insurance Fund being over 177.6 billion VND. Of which, over 300 students wereHealth Insurance Fundpay a large amount of treatment costs from 20 million VND or more. In particular, there are students who have been paid hundreds of millions of VND, such as TTK, health insurance card code HS4404017XXXXXX, born in 2011, (Vinh city), who is the student whose health insurance fund paid the highest medical examination and treatment costs in the last school year in the province, with an amount of over 966 million VND. LTD, health insurance card code HS4404017XXXXXX (Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district) was paid over 486 million VND during examination and treatment at the National Children's Hospital with the underlying disease of interstitial lung disease. LHK, born in 2006, health insurance card code HS4404019XXXXXX (Vinh city) has acute myeloid leukemia, long-term treatment at the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion has been paid nearly 410 million VND.
In these cases, health insurance is a "lifesaver" that helps children overcome illness, nurture their dreams, and help their families reduce financial burdens and feel secure in treating their children.
Target 100% of students participate in health insurance
Currently, the rate of students participating in health insurance in Nghe An has approached the target of 100%. In the 2023-2024 school year, the implementation of health insurance for students has received attention and direction from Party committees and authorities at all levels from the province to the grassroots; many directives and instructions have been issued. Sectors, especially the education sector, have closely and responsibly coordinated with the social insurance sector. Schools have been proactive in propaganda and mobilizing students to participate in health insurance as well as contributing or mobilizing benefactors and sponsors to contribute to buying health insurance cards for students in difficult circumstances.
To complete the 2024-2025 school year goal of ensuring 100% of students participate in health insurance according to Decision No. 546/QD-TTg dated April 29, 2022 of the Prime Minister on assigning targets for implementing health insurance coverage for the period 2022-2025, Mr. Hoang Van Minh - Director of Nghe An Provincial Social Insurance said: Nghe An Social Insurance focuses on the following solutions:
Advise the Steering Committee on implementing social insurance and health insurance policies at the provincial level, and at the same time direct and request the Social Insurance of districts and towns to advise the Steering Committee on implementation.social insurance policy, district-level health insurance issued directive documents, assigning targets and tasks to all levels, sectors, agencies, units, and schools to deploy and implement health insurance for students right from the beginning of the new school year 2024-2025.
Along with that, promote and strengthen propaganda activities, innovate propaganda forms and contents in many forms so that all levels, sectors, agencies, organizations, unions, schools and all students, teachers and parents clearly understand the meaning and importance of health insurance and the obligations of students in participating in health insurance.
Implementing the Vietnam Social Security's Plan on digital transformation, promoting the application of information technology to modernize the management system, associated with promoting administrative procedure reform, creating the most favorable conditions for students to participate in health insurance.
Organize the review, statistics, and classification of students who have not participated in health insurance and whose health insurance is about to expire to provide and closely coordinate with educational institutions, propagate, and mobilize students to participate in health insurance in a timely manner, avoiding interruptions that affect the benefits of the 5-year policy of continuous health insurance participation.
Closely coordinate with the health sector and health insurance examination and treatment facilities in the area to continue implementing solutions to improve the quality of medical examination and treatment; promote administrative procedure reform, apply information technology, improve the payment process for health insurance examination and treatment, and ensure convenience when students participate in health insurance.
Coordinate with the Department of Education and Training to promptly reward collectives and individuals with many contributions and achievements in implementing the target of 100% of students participating in health insurance at schools, vocational training institutions and the Department of Education and Training. At the same time, urge, guide and inspect the implementation of the Law on Health Insurance to rectify and promptly handle limitations and violations according to the provisions of law.
Closely coordinate with the Provincial Youth Union in propaganda work, integrate and include propaganda content on health insurance policy for students into one of the regular activities of the Youth Union, Association and Team in schools.
Our Party and State always pay special attention and have many policies to support students in participating in health insurance such as: 100% support for the contribution (from 2020) for students from near-poor households, 30% support for other students. Regarding benefits, in addition to having the Health Insurance Fund cover the costs of medical examination and treatment under health insurance, students participating in health insurance also receive primary health care right at school. The implementation of administrative procedures has many improvements, especially the regulation that students are given a unique social insurance code when participating in health insurance, and are given a one-time health insurance card to use throughout the health insurance participation process. When continuing to register for health insurance, students only need to declare their social insurance code and can proactively check the participation process by looking it up online through the Social Insurance sector's electronic information portal or through the VssID application - Digital Social Insurance.
